Tropical Storm Humberto (2013)

A relatively quiet hurricane season is nearing its end, likely to be the first since 1994 without a major hurricane forming in the Atlantic, according to researchers at Colorado State University.

The season saw 13 named storms, which is about average. But storms rarely strengthened much, with just two reaching hurricane status despite predictions of a more active season.

“It was one of the largest busts for our research team in the 30 years we’ve been issuing this report,” researcher Phil Klotzbach said in a statement. Colorado State's Tropical Meteorology Project issues one of several key hurricane season forecasts, and had called for as many as nine hurricanes, four of...

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A relatively quiet hurricane season is nearing its end, likely to be the first since 1994 without a major hurricane forming in the Atlantic, according to researchers at Colorado State University.
The season saw 13 named storms, which is about average....

A relatively quiet hurricane season is nearing its end, likely to be the first since 1994 without a major hurricane forming in the Atlantic, according to researchers at Colorado State University. The season saw 13 named storms, which is about average. But...

HOUSTON -- Texans went to bed Wednesday night expecting to be struck by a tropical storm. They awoke to find they had been hit by a hurricane.The stunningly fast buildup of what became Hurricane Humberto shocked scientists, some of whom said there was...